7 Eco-Friendly Tourist Destinations In The UK

When it comes to a day out there are hundreds of possible options. Having recently visited a nature reserve this got me thinking about truly eco-friendly days out. Certainly visiting a free nature reserve is a pleasant way to spend the day but they are often difficult to reach, meaning a car is necessary, and they are often free, meaning you don’t have a chance to give financially.

So I set about finding a number of eco-friendly tourist destinations in the UK. All of these destinations can be reached on public transport, all require an entry fee and all plough back some of your funds into conservation and eco-friendly projects so you can have a nice day out and still do your but for the planet.

Please note that all the links in this article will take you straight to the “how to find us” pages of the respective destinations to help you plan your public transport there. Lastly, please feel free to add your own suggestions in the comments at the end of this article.

Centre For Alternative Technology

The Centre For Alternative Technology, or CAT for short, is a destination that brings green and sustainable living to life. Here on the site of this old slate mine you will be able to learn all about reducing your effect on the planet.

As well as all the education that CAT does they also run a free information service by phone, email and post offering guidance and advice to members of the public on how to live a greener life.

Click here for visiting information.

Wakehurst Place

This is Kew Garden’s more rural site which houses the millennium Seed Bank which aims to preserve the worlds plant species for ever more using state of the art technology. They also educate, and fund scientists to study and conserve the world’s plants.

Click here for visiting information.

The Living Rainforest

This “glasshouse” complex teaches the wonders of the world’s rainforests and through this education program plus a number of conferences (such as the Science & Indigenous Knowledge in the Colombian Amazon conference) they hope to further our knowledge of the rainforest and encourage conservation.

Click here for visiting information.

Pensthorpe

Home of BBC’s Springwatch for the last few years, Pensthorpe is a wildlife centre offering protected habitats to a wide variety of plants and animals. Furthermore Pensthorpe is actively involved in a wide variety of species-based conservation projects such as those dealing with the Eurasian crane (they have the largest captive breeding population in the UK) and the red squirrel.

Click here for visiting information.

Eden Project

Besides the amazing array of plants on display, together with a high educational value, the Eden Project also holds exhibits, events and workshops to remind people of the importance of conserving the natural world.

Click here for visiting information.

Wildfowl And Wetlands Trust

Britain’s foremost conservation body dealing with wetland habitats. The trust maintains a large number of sites, most of which are easily reached by public transport.

Click here for visiting information.

London Zoo

London Zoo, owned by the Zoological Society Of London, is not just a zoo for a centre for the study and conservation of some of the worlds most endangered species. It acts as a reservoir of knowledge and captive breeding on the topic of wildlife conservation.

Click here for visiting information.

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